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ArticleNature communications2024

The membrane curvature-inducing REEP1-4 proteins generate an ER-derived vesicular compartment.

Yoko Shibata, Emily E Mazur, Buyan Pan, Joao A Paulo, Steven P Gygi, Suyog Chavan, L Sebastian Alexis Valerio, Jiuchun Zhang, Tom A Rapoport

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 authors.

Yoko ShibataDepartment of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 2115, USA. yoko_shibata@hms.harvard.edu.ORCID 0009-0005-2089-0471
Emily E MazurDepartment of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 2115, USA.
Buyan PanDepartment of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 2115, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1876-0326
Joao A PauloDepartment of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 2115, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4291-413X
Steven P GygiDepartment of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 2115, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7626-0034
Suyog ChavanDepartment of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 2115, USA.
L Sebastian Alexis ValerioDepartment of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 2115, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8972-1223
Jiuchun ZhangDepartment of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 2115, USA.
Tom A RapoportDepartment of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 2115, USA. tom_rapoport@hms.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-9911-4216

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is shaped by abundant membrane curvature-generating proteins that include the REEP family member REEP5. The REEP1 subfamily, consisting of four proteins in mammals (REEP1-4), is less abundant and lack a N-terminal region. Mutations in REEP1 and REEP2 cause Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia, but the function of these four REEP proteins remains enigmatic. Here we show that REEP1-4 reside in a unique vesicular compartment and identify features that determine their localization. Mutations in REEP1-4 that compromise curvature generation, including those causing disease, relocalize the proteins to the bulk ER. These mutants interact with wild-type proteins to retain them in the ER, consistent with their autosomal-dominant disease inheritance. REEP1 vesicles contain the membrane fusogen atlastin-1, but not general ER proteins. We propose that REEP1-4 generate these vesicles themselves by budding from the ER, and that they cycle back to the ER by atlastin-mediated fusion. The vesicles may serve to regulate ER tubule dynamics.

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Endoplasmic ReticulumMembrane ProteinsAnimalsGTP-Binding ProteinsGTP PhosphohydrolasesHEK293 CellsHeLa CellsHumansMembrane Transport ProteinsMiceMutationSpastic Paraplegia, HereditaryATL1 protein, humanATL3 protein, humanGTP-Binding ProteinsGTP PhosphohydrolasesMembrane ProteinsMembrane Transport ProteinsREEP1 protein, human

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PMCPMC11455953

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